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Feb 14, 2025

Senior Residential Community Proposed In Porters Neck

A community meeting will be held later this month on a newly proposed 55-plus community in Porters Neck.  A 38-lot, single-family residential community would be built on 12 acres of vacant land at 226 Edgewater Club Road. Developers are askin ...

Feb 14, 2025

Dollar Tree Coming To Oleander Drive Shopping Center

The Dollar Tree is coming to Hanover Center. The national discount chain, which has raised its prices in recent years from $1 to a range of $1.25 to $7, will occupy 11,000 square feet formerly leased by Pier 1 Imports. Efforts to reach Dollar T ...

Feb 13, 2025

Realtors: More Homes On Market At Higher Prices In January

Realtors say January's residential market in the Wilmington area saw more homes listed and higher prices than the same month last year. In Pender County alone, the median sales price for homes leapt nearly 22%, rising from $390,000 in January ...

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More Homes, Higher Prices: Wilmington MSA Market Update

Posted Feb 14, 2025
With a year-over-year increase of 18.2 percent, the January 2025 Wilmington MSA housing market was characterized by more homes and higher prices. January 2025 closed the month with 3,215 active listings, reflecting a 4.4 percent decrease compared to December 2024. New listings for the Wilmington MSA totaled 1,156, a 66.1 percent increase from the previous month. Year-over-year the new listing...read entire article
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Feb 13, 2025

Leland Chiropractor To Grow With New Brunswick Forest Building

A building in the works in Brunswick Forest’s commercial center will become a new, larger home for North Brunswick Chiropractic, a longtime Leland business. Since opening in 2008, North Brunswick Chiropractic has operated out of Leland&rsquo ...

Feb 12, 2025

Publix Confirms Upcoming Leland Store

A Publix grocery store is coming to Leland. In an announcement Wednesday, company officials said they had signed a lease for a new store at Savannah Branch Town Center, a commercial development at U.S. 17 and Lanvale Road. According to a news r ...

Feb 12, 2025

Program Could Help Finance Commercial Building Upgrades

New Hanover County could become the first in North Carolina to take part in the state’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program. The program, approved by state legislators last summer, helps commercial property owners secu ...

Feb 12, 2025

OPINION: Seeing Green: A Case For Community Collaboration On Parks And Green Space

Recently, I took a morning off of work to spend time with my son, Luke Jr. We set out to visit multiple parks across Wilmington, enjoying one of those perfect 60-degree days that somehow feels like 75. I left my phone in the truck at each stop &ndash ...

Feb 12, 2025

Leland Copes With Growing Up

If the town of Leland were a person, it would be a millennial. People forget that Leland is only 36 years old, said Nicholas Newell, a Leland resident who is also a Realtor and president of his neighborhood’s homeowners association. The a ...

Feb 12, 2025

Locals Team Up To Offer Unique Treats

Wandering Cone Creamery opened in Wilmington’s Soda Pop District last year, and culinary collaborations have been on owner Amanda Cassella’s radar since Day 1. Her shop at 921 Princess St. is one example of the many food and drink esta ...

Feb 12, 2025

Homebuilder Finds Room To Grow Here

HHHunt officials could have gone elsewhere to expand. But Wilmington was a good fit in several different ways, said Buck H. Hunt, president and CEO of family-owned HHHunt. The real estate development, building and management company, which has cor ...


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Early on, thirsty welders, pipefitters and sailors from the nearby North Carolina Shipbuilding Company found cold beer – and wartime solace....


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